The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-09 00:00:00

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The Commons will certainly not, we are ;informed, adopt the Lords' amendments to the Irish Municipal Bill, so that there is an end to this 'measure for the Ses sion. Whether the Parliament will terminate on Wednes day or not depends in some measure on Lord BROUGHAM'S Bill concerning Canada ; which, should it be taken up by the Lords, may postpone the end of the Session for a day or two. In our double sheet, published on Sunday, we remarked " that it is a great mistake to suppose that human ekil! does riot contribute as much to adorn the face of the earth, as to provide for the animal wants of man. Had we time," we added, " we might fill our whole double sheet with illustrations of this important fact." A writer in the Spectator of last Sunday, has worked out a somewhat similar idea in a masterly manner, and we have to-day transferred most of his illustrations to our columns. His remark—" Why, time was when a ship itself was a novelty, and a grave disturber of association. The acme of profane imperenence was reached, and the ne plus ultra of vulgar Utilitarianism already achieved in the eyes of Conserva tives, some four or five thousand years ago, when some one —furnished, we are assured, with triple brass about hisbeart' —lunched the first boat"—has induced us to think that the principle we mettioned is worth some illustration as bear ing on politics, and as an antagonist of those theological doctrines which establish or perpetuate- the dominion of the 'PrieAhood on an unjust view of human nature. The puny sentimentalist, who whines over the loss of some arid beauty which the progress of man has covered by the use ful works of his bind, or the fierce declaimer who denounce' every thing man creates as partaking of his fallen nature, are the staunch and powerful defenders of those Tory and priestly doctrines which recommend and upheld despotism on account of the i:uoraucc and wickedness of our race. They will lec combatted to some extent by observing that the ban I of man ado. ni the race or the earth, while he renders it subservient t ) purposes: One source of the opposite cri or is well po:nted out by our Coaternporary It is to be remembered that all true reLtiment is a thing of growth and association; hat to say that a perfect novelty is destitute or sentiment, is no -inure reasonable a complaint than to say that the seed of the rose-tree is wlthotitsC,lll, or th.tt the ac rn wants tic proportions of the oak. Nothing is poetic:.l,.nothing sentimental, in itself, tut only in its clreurnstahces. If certain sentiments are connected with ships and sailors, thee sentiments are tutirety due to the memories of the past, to the association ••pith s ictories and tales of other times, and to cir.mmstances of chart- ter and incident which will arise again and rga:n, under al varicles ,f change, as long as men arc men. If a e...untry ro..d and a mail coach are objects of sentiment, any other road and any other coach may become so. Philos.Thers they certainly are not, and we can hardly admit theta to be poets, who do not perceive that the springs r;: sentiment are all in the human heart, and none in the locos of things. in our younger 'tlJys our minds have associated a number of pleasures vita green fields awl well-wooded parlis ; and we look with . distaste on the red brick houses, or great factories, width have hid them for ever from our view. Porn some such single exampleS we draw a gr-neral inference, and with the poet we revile the town made by man," as a usurpation of the country ". made by God." But toe adorned country ; the fertile fields, yellow with golden corn ; the hedge-rows, teeming with honey suckles, roses, and wild cherries ; the well-timbered parks, with their grassy lawns, close cropped or elose.shern ; the shady lanes and pleasant footpaths, the loss of which we regret—the Whole landscape and surface are not the im medi.Lte creation of God, but are his works, adorned by the art of man. It is cultivated nature, the loss of which we regret. Magnificent al arc his works, particularly in their Vastness, to our senses, the surface of the earth is beautified in - det 61 by fertilizing' labour. We own that when Nature is in its rude state, we do not much differ from that good citizen, who preferred the streets of London, even when they were less brilliant by night, and less clean and a'ry by day than at present, to the barren glories of Sheballion. Botany Bay, which was so named from the splendour of a very ',eautiful spot when first beheld by the eye of the Europeans, tired with the dull monotony of a long sea-voyage, and excited to drunkenness by delight at the very aspect and smell of the earth ; but we cannot believe that the , monotony of that beautiful carpet is nat nos much relieved and the aspect of the place much im p roved by the scattered buil.lings, the tree-erribosorned cottages, the smart villas, the fields of many colours as they bear different crops ; by the sheep on the brows of the hills and the cattle lowing in the vilifies ; by the tall masts of the ships in its ports, and by th e t em pl es w hich have been erected for the wor ship of HIM w h o g i ves b o th the earth and the me i of means fertilizi ng an d adorning it. Nor shall we find it less agreeable, if we put our foot on shore, than improved in appearance. The uninviting swamp, the tangled grass, almost defying man to pass through it, the impenetrable jungle and the ,pathless forest, full of unknown terrors, have given place to drained meadows., a velvet and close ropped sward, roads pleasant to walk on, and giving easy access to wherever they reach ; while scattered villas and congregated houses and churches, all full of some conve niences, or tending to some utility, have also much improved landscape. W::at ratecting being who has ever seen either in reality or in representation, the dark pine forests, or outspread pithlesS prairies of America, and contrasted them in thought with the cultivated banks of the Hudson, or the inclosed plantations - of Virginia, canlor one moment doubt that the places where man has fixed his abode, and which abound with material wealth, the means of joy, and the tendrils of his strongest affections, are eminently beautiful, compared to the un traversed forest, or the pathless prairie ? Thus tak ing the extremes, the truth which it has required ahnoit ages practically to work out, becomes at once ap parent, and we say without any irreverence, but with a feel ing of deep gratitude for the power of accomplishing this, that the labour of man hi rendcring'the surface of the earth mere serviceabk. to hiMself, has adorned and improved the creation of God. Such being the general truth, the gradual steps by which the land is cleared, though painful to the Indian who loves his forest and his prairie, and has all his feelings connected with their wildness ; by which as popula 'on increases and improvement goes on, the first squat ters with their log huts, once endearel to them by their remoteness from other human beings and their proximity to game, are made to give place to well-peopled villages and well-stored farm-houses ; and by which these, in their turn, to the momentary discomfort of the tenants and the destruction of their associations, are intersected or displaced by the canal or the rail-road. Such being the genera' truth, all the steps which lead to it, though amongst them we find that which turns a beautiful park into the site of a multi tude of cotton manufactories, must partake of the same cha racter ; and however much they may disturb the associations of each generation, must in the end contribute to toe gene ral beauty. Let us take as an illustration the very rail roads, against which many persons now rail continually as cutting up the country and disturbing all rural beauty. Our Contemporary has well observed that these roads have beauties of their own which .the present roads do not offer. Setting out from that point, let us notice that among the objects of rural beauty nothing has been more frequently praised than smoke curling up from among the leafy groves, marking the abodes of man. And why should not the smoke of the locomotive engine, as it passes through woods and parks, be considered equally beau tiful ? To us it seems as if the long train, as th? engine flies past, writes, as it were with a running hand, a short history of man's achievements on the sky, as the furrow of the steamer's keel, or the long:trail of her paddle wheels engrave it, though, if it be for only a short time, on the surface of the ocean. The wheeling, or the rapid flight of birds through the air, is a great natural beauty, but not a greater beauty than the smoke rolling from the steam-chimney, changing as it comes forth into many sober colours, curling, expanding, and gradually vanishing, till its trace ceases to obscure or even mingle with the blue light of Heaven. And,if wedescend to the machine,and seeit snort ing and fiery withpower, darting forward withthe velocity of the wind, but set in motion, stopped, guided, and regulated to a few inches by the hand of a boy, we mustle convinced that the railway has great and commanding beauties of its own, beauties, both of mere vision, and beauties which grow upon us by reflection, and which amply compensate, even for the loss of the cultivated beauty of the park or the garden it may displace. When the Parliamentary vacation comes, we may, per haps, pursue this subject, at present we are warned by the length of our remarks to leave it ; and we must in parting thank our Contemporary for attracting public attention to a topic which promises to be quite as amusing as the party squabbles of pettyfogging politicians. As yet we have seen but one opinion expressed by the Press on the Second Report of the Irish Railway Commis sioner, and that is most favourable. "It reflects," says the Chronicle to-day, " equal honour upon the ability of the Commissioners, and upon the spirit of the Government under which so important a Commission issued." One of its great merits seems to be a disregard of all private and local interests, except as subordinate to the great general plan it was appointed to investigate, and on this account, we understand, that it is not considered satisfactory by those who were exclusively studying private and local interests. No less than fourteen railways were previously planned, ard for seven of these Acts of Parliunenthave been obtained. The Report naturally crosses the interests of the parties con cerned herein, and some of them have expresssed objec tions to it. One which see have heard stated is, that the Commis sioners have Lot adopted the Parliamentety rule for estima ting the probable profit on railways, and have, therefore, come to a conclusion unfavourable to their construction, which will postpone their advantages for years. The Parliamentary rule is, we believe, this. The Standing Order ,requires that the parties applying for a railway should show the • number of public conveyances actually plying along the proposed line, and the number of persons for whose accom modation seats are provided by these conveyances ; and the Parliament allows the parties to take credit for an extent of travelling equal to the accommodation provided; it allows the double of that to be considered as the travelling which may .he expected on the railway ; and on that the profits are estimated. Nuw, although it by no means became tl.e Commissioners to dispute the validity of this Parliamentary rule, we are clearly of o f inion that they would have com mitted a great error had they adopted it. Oa many roads, on most roads in fact, the accommodation provided Las been more than has paid well ; and so great has been tl:e corn petition on them for years - past that there are many m ere it•rs • tarec . of stage-coach propzietors being ruined than of making their fortunes. The Commissioners followed, wz! think, a better plan. They endeavoured to collect accurate informut:on of the actual number of passenger!: ho travel cal the different rods; and if their low estimate of four per ern , . as the amount of profit likely to be realised by tailway speculations, the result of actual obeer vation, be a sad blow to the hopes of many pr , jectors, it is likely to prevent much bitter distppointinent and much waste of capital, while it will ultimately ensure a profitable system of railways. The attention of the Commirsteners to this point is in accordance with that part of the Treasury minute, which professes to !wk to the Report fa- information to he laid before Parlament, to enable it to decide between dial and conflicting interests, and to prevent ruinous cum petitions. It may be, and the Ciimmissioners and the public ,it large will no doubt be glad to hare it proved, that their careful estimate of the probable amount of traffic is under the mark—that p mens to nLcm they arp'ied frr ia formation, not wishing to provoke competition, made re turns lower than the truth. Those who take that vies will probably be able to establish the fact ; but even they must agree with us that the certain data taken by th e Commissioners is far better than the vague rule of the Standing Orders. That many railroads have been projected in England, which have not answered, causing great loss and great disappointment, and impeding the suc cess of railroads in general, we are not surprised, after learning the principle on which the Houses of Parliamt nt have been guided, in giving their assent to private Bills for making railways. If the Commissioners have stopped schemes for railroads in Ireland, founded on such calcula tions, they will have spared many a heart from aching, and will have conferred a benefit on the country more than it was aware of. It will be incumbent on those who impugn the accuracy of this part of the Report to prove their own ease. The Commissioners have told all the steps they adopted to arrive at their conclusions. It is competent for those who have an interest in the matter, to take similar steps, and show exactly where the Commissioners have committed an error. For our part, being borne out in our conviction that the very greatest care has been taken in drawing up the Report, by the concurrent testimony of scientific and lite rary Journals ; and being well aware of the great ability as well as sterling integrity of Mr. DaummoND and the rest of the Commissioners, we cannot do otherwise than be lieve, great a blow as their estimate of four per cent• profit gives to the hopes of Ireland, that it is far more likely toles correct than the sanguine calculations of more interested persons. The subscription for the WELLINGTON monument has been increased since the 18th of June by nearly 4,0001., making the amount altogether at present about 14,0001., and it is not unreasonable to calculate that when sub scriptions are received from India, and, indeed, from every part of the British colonies, as proud as the mother country of the name of WELLINGTON, a sum will be rea lized greater than any yet collected to do honour to a Uritish su'oject. A better reason could not be given for reversing the decision of the RUTLAND committee. The memory of WELLINGTON deserves something more than on equestrian statute, engrafted on a folly of GEORGE IV., remarkable chiefly for its heavy solidity, and the want of those ornaments with which we have been accustomed to associate triumphal arches. We do not blame Mr. BUR TON for the faults of the structure. He worked, no doubt, according to instructions, arid made it a fit entrance to the Palace of a Monarch who shunned the presence of his people. With the exception of the are" of TITUS at Rome, and the defect there is much relieved by the beauty of the ornamental architecture, we remember no tri umphal arch of any note without side archways for foot passengers. Those of SEPTIMIUS, SEVERUS, and CoN STANTINE at Rome, and that of NAPOLEON at Paris, have them ; and all who have seen these Inyldings can bear tes timony to the contrast b2tween their light, graceful appear ance, and the heavy dead wall on each side of this gate way, adapted only for those who could approach the Palace in carriages or on horseback. On one side the humbler classes are stopped altogether, and on the other they must make an awkward turn round the building , or run the risk of being driven over by those who have the right of entree. Putting these defects, however, out of the question, we object to any national monument to WELLINGTON which is not of a piece—which is not raised from the foundation to the summit at the expense of the subscribers, and which can possibly go by any other name than that of the illustrious individual whom it is intended to honour. Posterity may scoff at the much boasted liberality and gratitude of the present generation, if, in place of a memorial worthy of the first man of the age, we leave to them this patch-work-- this mongrel, incongruous structure—this thing with " a head of fine gold," but with " legs of iron, and feet part of iron and part of clay." We are confident that the people of this country are liable to no such imputations. The rapidity with which large subscriptinns have already come in, even under the present " untoward" circumstances, proves their anxiety to erect a monument worthy of them and of WELLINGTON; and all that is wanting to complete their object is common management on the part of those numerous subscribers who are opposed to the. usurped authority of Sir FREDERICK TRENCII and the Duke of RUTLAND. We have good reason to believe that the Government will not sanction it ; and, without their sanc tion, the project falls to the ground. Let a meeting, there fore, be called without delay, and plans proposed for erect ing on another site a monument commensurate to the sub scriptions, and deserving the name of the " Wellington Testimonial ;" and the Duke of IticHmoND, and those who support him, will find that nine out of ten of the sub scribers will go along with them. Some doubts, we see, are expressed whether Bermuda is considered to belong to our North American colonies or not, and if it belong to them, whether it be included in Lord DURHAM'S Government or not. The inference from Lord MELBOURNE'S and Lord GLENELG'S admission, that the part of Lord DURHAM'S ordinance relative to Bermuda was illegal, leads to the inference that they regarded the island as not included in Lord DURHAM'S commission. It appears, however, th a t by Sir CHARLES PAGET sending his vessels thither, that he regards Bermuda as within his command. Ac cording as 13;.rmuda: has been generally held at the public offices to be included or not in our North American colonies, so will be the decision as to Lord DURHAM'S ordinance. What, then, says the Admiralty ? Has Bermuda generally bean included within the command of the Admiral on. the Halifax station, or of the Admiral in the West Indies ? Surely, there cannot be the least difficulty in at once settling such a question, which is not a geographical, but a political one, of which the solution is to be found in the public offices. The whole of the Paris journals of Tuesday have been received, but their contents are of very little importance. It was privately rumoured in well-informed circles that the French Government bad received an official communica tion from Saragossa, dated the 2d inst., which stated that on the 27th ult. General SAN MIGUEL was briskly at tacked by CABRERA at Orcajo. No great advantage was gained on either side ; but the next day SAN MIGUEL was joined by ORAA at the head of his division, when the latter completely routed the Carlists, pursuing them as far as Morella. The rebels having entered the town, the QUEEN'S troops at once invested it. No intimation was received of the number of killed and wounded, but it was supposed the Carlists had suffered very severely. The French Liberal journals condemn the conduct of the Government in demanding the expulsion of -Prince Lours NAPOLEON horn the Swiss territory as savouring of the jealousy of an unmixed despotism. Were LOUIS PHILIPPE now the Sovereign he professed to be in August, 1830, the proximity of Lours NAPOLEON'S abode to France would not cost him a moment's consideration. It is the incipient Absolutist, not the occupant of a popular throne surrounded by republican institutions, that dreads the magic influence of a name borne by a hair-brained enthusiast. Immediately after the accouchernent of the Duchess of ORLEANS, the Royal family will proceed fora few months to Eu, in Normandy. The advices from I Sladrid aro of the 31st ult. Nothing was then determined respecting the fate of the Cabinet, nor was it supposed that anything would be done before the arrival of despatches from ESPARTERO. The following are extracts from the French Journals : The Semaphore of Mars;:ires quotes a letter of the 17th ultimo, from Alexandria announcing that, after a sanguinary engagement, Ibrahim Pacha had fiurlly stdijogated the rebel Druses, who bad been driven from Haouran with site loss of 1,000 men killed and 2,000 taken priso ners. The successful result of this action, to which Soliman Pacha (Colonel Selves) had mainly contributed, was considered as equivalent to the pacification of Syria. An envoy from the Porte was daily ex pected in Alexandria, with full powers to negotiate with the Pacha the dip!onnvie and financi_l cot ditiens of his entire independence. A letter from Toulon of the 3cl inst. states that Admiral Stvford, who was at Malta on the 2.(ith tilt., with six ships of the line, two fri gates, and a brig, was prep:, ing to leave far the Levant, where he Wai !O be reinforced by the ship Bellerophon stationed at Athena, at.d a fri gate which was lying ell' Smyrna. - The Augsburg Gazette has advicea from Rome, mentioning that, on the 9.241Ju1y, Princess Maria L ou i sa o f ::axony, the widow of Prince Maximilian, was married in th a t cap i ta l to M . d e R oss i, Chamberlain to h:r brother, the Duke of Lucca. M. de liossi is a native of Bonne, and of the family of the bankers of the same name. La Jusiii•lEttE, Joov 31.—The taking of Solsona has filled us with joy. In order to take the episc: pal pahice, and the fortifitd conv ent, our troops und..rmined and blew up the fouodatiens of those two buildings. A gre. number of Cat lists perished under the ruins. The Carlist Chiefs Ca,cras, Joachim Casal, Meral'es, and Mundedeon, the Governor of Solsona, were among tee dead, and it is affirmed they were killed by their own soldiers. In the affair or the 9.5 th a! I.ladurs, the Carlists, c ,mmantle.l by the C, not WE:pape, suffered g rea t l osses . 1 heir total loss at Lladurs and So;soria zat,unts to 3,000 among whom are six g ener " l4 and twe;:ty-nine superior officers. The loss of the Christinos is about five hundred men.-1 e Conslitationnel. The Baron de BeAeval, who was attached to the Frtnc . ) Legation 1t Berne at the time of the affair of Conseil, has, as we hear, just received a special mission for Switzerland. We have received the following letter from Tripoli, date) July 16 " The Fi'ench squadron, under Rear Admiral Gallois, consisting of the Jupitec, Santi litre, and Trident, of the line, arrived in the road this mornink. As soon as the French ships came in sight there was an universal bustle in the city, and the beach wan crowded with Arabs. The Turkish authorities are not pleased at the zppearance of the French squadron, but the native population would wish it to prolong its stay here. The officers of the squadron go into the country, where they are not a... 11 molested the Mechiotes give them a good reception." Perhaps this squadron will wait fur that of the Capitan Pacha, which, a few slays ago, was stilt near Mytelene.—Consiiturionna FRENCH FUNDS. —PAisis, Atiousr rive per Cents.. Illf. 40e. 35e. Four per Cents., 103 f. three per Cents., 80f 80c. 75e. Bank Actions, 2610 f. ftente de Naples, il9f. 20e. 30c. 25e. Roman Five per Cents.. 10lN. Spanish Actives, ...-11%%%• Wigton Five per Cents., .103%. Belgian Three per I eats., 711'. Ife. Belgian Bank, 1,44 . 10 s'le. 1,441' Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 22%. LATEST PRICES. Romans 1011 i. Belgian 1( 0%. r n h l; a h v n r e e k e P e A p r e c C t r c o C n n e t i , s 2. 1 : 1 6 80 1 1 f 0f . f . . 45 t. c 0e . e .t4 i e t.f.r Cents., . Sp an ish Actives, 2'2%. Belgianll Por tuguese BST .k h Ir je Brussels and German Pape rs of the latest dates ha ve reached us to-day. The former has several l ong articles respecting the final settlemen t of the Hollan de . Beigic question ; but as they consist o f re p etitions of thread -bare arguments, it is enough to notice t heir a pp earanc e. Their prevailing tone is, however , exce edin g l y moderat e. Inde pendently of this question , the followin g extracts from the Brussels and German Journals include the onl y news they contain of any interest : BalissEr.s, A VG. 6.—A letter from Venloo of the 2d say,. The workmen are proceeding without intermission in strengthening th e fc , tificatio:.3 and the forts of Venl,o. General Ilurel, Colonel de Nieuport, military governor of the province, Colonels Foly and Dc Puydt, have come successively to inspect the works, or fix some other reason, Colonel De Puydt left us on Tues2ay for Weirth." ;phi, inernin g a trial was made on the iron ra ilroad of a perpetual motion, Wh ich is in tended to supersede steam in drawing the trains. This unknown, mysterious, spyrimidal power , which has excited the solicitu de of ou; greAte.st capitalists, was such, that it forced the wsggons off' the rails, f!or ;,n , i run almt three yards. Happily the secret did not tran. spire. TIT HAGUE, Atm. 3.—A Council from St. Petersburgh arrived here last eight, with despatches for Isis Royal Highness the Prince of Orange. As tire Prince is at Filburg, the courier proceeded to that place. On Friday last there was a Cabinet Council at the P.:lace in the wood, where his Majesty now resides. The ;Minister for Foreign Affairs had yesterday a long conference With the Minister Of France at our Court. We hear that eespatehes were sent this rneritirg to Lotteon. _ rROSTIERS OF MO:TENP.GRO, Jury 12.—The stale of things among us is becoming more and more serious. The Montenegrins continue their hostile expeditions. On the 29th ult. there was another action near Grabowo, in which the Turks were again defeated. The Montene grins erect firtifications in all portions of the territory which they occupy, thus announcing their intention to keep possession. It is hardly possible to credit the extravagant presumption that has seized the Montenegrins, and it appears more and more deafly that the visit of the King of Saxony has, in some degree, contributed to it. Not only the common people have Since Conceived a high opinion of themselves, but the Vladika has es- Pecially risen extremely in their estimation: " What a great man our Vladika must he," so we hear the Montenegrins say, " that even Kings come to visit him." The Turks, on the other hand, are quite discouraged, in the Hugogowine the whole population seems to be in a state of lethargy; in Bosnia, however, the Turks are at length moving, and, some troops are.collected to act against the Montenegrins, and to encourage the people of the Hugogowine to Let, but these preliminary proceedings are so feeble that no great hopes are entertained. The people hi Austrian Dalmatia are in favour of the Turks, because if the Montenegrins should extend their operations thetrade with Turkey would be in great danger. This has induced the Austrian Government to increase its vigilance, and if the Turks do not soon assert their rights it is possible that Austria may take some more serious steps with respect to Montenegro. Room, AUG. 3.—A great misfortune has befallen our town to-day, At One o'clock in the afternoon the alarm bells were sounded, and the inhabitants learned that the grest Church was on fire. The wind king high all endeavours tot interrup the flames were in vain ; at two o'clock the steeple fell on the burning Church, and the whole edifice, with some adjoining buildings, were soon reduced to a heap of ruins. How the fire could break out in such a building, in the middle of the day, is an enigma; some papers of value and the communion plate were saved, but of the many masterpieces of art, the steeple, with the bells, the organ, &c., nothing remains, land this magnificent work of our ancestors presents only a scene of desolation. BRED&, Auo. 4.—The troops which formed the first camp at Ryeu have now broken up, to return to their garrisons and cantonments. The troops that are to form the second camp, will arrive there on Monday next. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, At - u. G. Money. WI . Actual Debt, 2% per rent Ditto, ,,3 dit y to ;eti csrper e 44 cent.)rcent . lOl% 102 A ~t s 95 95 Ditto, ditto, 3 1 4 per cent. — Commercial i: omillany, 4 , 4 per cent 166% 16S Ditto (11332 and 1833) 5 per cent. Loan 1536, 4 ver cent.. '.--- Ditto 1637, 6 per cent. Exchange en London, One month l2 12;4 Two mon.lia BELGIAN } UNDS—Batiasus, Aix'. 6. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOll Loan of Thirty Millions i;., Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ......... Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent. l4B Batik of Belgium, 5 per Cent............... National Society . —Brussels Papers, Aug. 6. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VI ENNA , JULY 30. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1446 —AilgemeineZeitung, Aug. 4. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (TIM'S DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. A Halifax mail has arrived, by which we have received the papers to the 20th of July, brought by the Lord Melville, sailed on the 22d of July. (From the above Papers.) " The harvest has commenced in this vicinity, 'and is nearly over in the more southern portions of the State; the weather has been most favourable, and from all quarters we receive the most cheering accounts of the crops of wheat." ( Prince Edward Island papers to the 11th of July.) The question of the disputed boundary has been pretty warmly taken up by the American Congress. The language of several of the Members of the Senate is decidedly warlike ; the influence of the moderate party, however, seems to have predominated. By accounts from Newfoundland we learn that great dis tress had been experienced there during the last winter and spring from a scarcity of provisions. It had been ascertained that in some of the small harbours in Conception Bay seve ral persons had died of actual starvation. The local govern ment have been called upon from all parts of the island, to furnish the poor with seed potatoes. Several cargoes from Prince Edward Island has .been bought up for that purpose. We have received Rio Janeiro Papers to the 3d June. Exchange, 291 ; Stock, 88-. They do not contsin any po litical news of importance, but pub!ish the Revenue of the Customs ; from which it appears that trade in the Brazils has considerably improved. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS D A V.) Their Lordships sat to-day in a C.Annlittce of Privi!rg s. The P.‘ers in attendance were—the Lord Chancellor. the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Fingal, Lord Diuorben, Lord Vaux, and Lord Rayleigh. THE FUNDS. • Consols left off yesterday at 93i 94 for Money, and 94i for the Account, and opened this morning with a firm market at the above quotation. Exchequer Bills, 76 78; India Bonds, 76 78; Batik Stock, 207 208; India Stock, 264 265. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stork has rather receded, ouing to their coming_ lower from Amsterdam. Dutch Stock closed yesterday at. 54a 55, and opened this morning at 541 ; Porttiguese, 354; Three per Cents., 231; Spanish Active, 21 I; Brazilian, 611 821; Mexican, 25Q t; Colombian, 271. The Batavier has arrived with Dutch papers of the 7th inst., prices, Two-and- Half, 54 9-16 ; Five per Cents., 101 i. PRICES OF STOCKSTHISpAy AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock .. ... . 3 per Cent. -• e.,, . -IYA , , to.; Bonds .......... ....... 78 76 pm. 3 per .C.,r.t.....'0n .... 9.374 4 1 , South Sea Stotk ...... .. -.....— .3y4 !er Cent. - ........ .. ...... Old Anrinities .... LO .. - Ditto 1........ lO2 IA, '2 l / 4 IV, , N. w Ditto ........ ..... ........... New 3 1 4, per Cent lOl %%IA %, 3 per Cent. Annulties, 17M... New 5 nor Cent... - EX ch. Bills, L 1,41 0, Stni, L lip:Annultiestooloire Ditto ...............-50i ...... Jan 5, 1F,60 l5 7-1(N I atto Small ...............76 78 pm Oct. 10 1859... - - pro Jan. 5, 186(1 ls!i ' Ditto Advertired... ..... .... - - pa' Jan. 5, 10' .......... April 5, !SS; ...... ..... •.. Encta Stock lot Acc0unt......... J...n. 5. 11 , 47:1„„.....,,..„,...,.., , Consols for Acconnt . 94 1 1, PAICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCI . . Auktrian Bonds - Belgian Bonds—. .. 10 : 2!4 i Ditto ACCOUIIt ........ ... - Oitto Acccunt P or t u guoie Bonds -- Brazilian &nth; - .ektto New 13.1ndr ......... ...3 1,4% Ditto Account ..... .. - Ditto Account ........53!..i% 5 14% 13. .NOS Area Bonds ... .: .. ... . D•tto, 3 per cent..... ....... ... 23 Yi Ditto Account .... - Ditto Account hillo , •• Both .....1 .. ""...."... Prirti•in 11-,r,d4 • - - •••• ...... 4••••••••• .••-• • - • Ditto Account. - Russian Bonds, ISA ............ ._. Columbia:, Bona - Ditto Account ........- ........ - Ditto Account ...... ......... - C - A inili'iaa Bondi, 1824 trili i Spanith Bonds - Ditto Acccr,.;l:t - - Ditto Account ....... ....... ... D ni.h Bond- ... - Ditto A cco- t - Ditto A.c..tir.7..it ~.... ~.......- ..... (;reek B(Aid,... .. ~... ......... ~., - French, 5 pr...r. - Tr :: ........ 1, Ditto 1.i.r. , i, 1•4 , 25 ......, ..... .- -----. 4 p.,l* cent c00t.........,. Ditto ... - Ditto Aceolur.... 11exican Ethr..).: b ;NI . cent. ..» - --- ..., . , . , Dutch ..- pci ~.....,, 51% Ditto Accoun ' t ......... -..- - ' ' ... 1 D.tto Accou,,t ..... ..... ...51 , 54.4. - % -, D, , t, , i ,,,,, ~,,...... Oitta Ac./cunt ...... ......... ---i ~ , i i t 0• ,c .,, c , ..„A .... ... Nev.:it...A ......_ ............ ..... -- rincEs OF SHARES Tills DAY AT ONE P O'CLOCK Pnid. er ti!.• 14.:( c•alt EXCh:alek. 7•A% 8 14i 164 6% Great Western It:-lvtay C0mpany.......... ...... 6.5 Brunt°. It alway compa, ............................. 1 I on , tott 4nd Groetr.vicli Aailwz.v Connitht••• ...... Loridou and Croydon Railway Conipa c y ............ a ., Ditto New 5criu....................................... Geller:o Steam Navigation C . tenpany ...... 14 Union Bank of Australia ...... ............ PRICES OF IRISH STOCRS. I)UIII.IN, AUGUST 7. 3 per Cent. Gran I Canal DOA cunt. P:3!4 :IN, per Ceti'. Stock IO,A. Ditto, 4 per cent. Ditto N e w, c -libel Man Bank ........... Ditto e 11 , 33t1 ...... .. of Dublin Steam Company 114 par Cent. Debentuics ..... 9 ; F . iNation .1 Insurance Company._ Bank Stock ... Royal Canal S'ock Grand Canal Stock ..... HALF-PAST 011 1: Conosols continue s teady at the morning prices, 9 4 fi , r the Account ; Money, 93- 1 ,- ; Exchequer Bills, 76 78; India Bonds, 78 76 lower; Bank Stock, 2071 ; India Stock, nothing In the Foreign Market Dutch Steel:, which was in the early part of the morning 54: 1 5 may be crintcd at 54i Spanish Active, 2la a ; Portuguese, 35A-; e prr Cents., 23: 1 ,- ; Brazilian, 811 821 , ; Colombian, 271 ; Mexican, 25 26 ; BA• gian, 1021. In the Stare Market most of the Shares are heavy; Great Wes!ern lower; Greenwich the same; as well as the London and Birmingham. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 94b SUDDEN DEATll.—Yesterday a coroner ' s jury me t a t. Narrow to investigate the cause of the death of a man named Wy e, , a labourer of the neighbourhood, who it was proved expired on satur d a y night while in the attitude of prayer. Verdiet—" Died of The deceased was stated to have been a very religious man. a 'cites I Lord Seymour's celebrated horse Frank has, we understand, been purchased by the French Government for 0.0,000 francs i n a few days the harvest will be in full operation „ii round Paris. That of 1537, which was a backward year, was in about the same period. In Normandy the harvest is nut gathered x l to commence befor e e i g ht or ten da y s. The ripening having "eecetdce but s lowly for the last fortnight, it is probable that the corn Z7l be of good quality, it the wet weather should not recommence whilst the corn Is still on the ground. ISLE OF WIGHT.— Ihe corn harvest throughout the island has this week very generally commenced, and the crops abun- The new prison at Albany, for juvenile offenders is nearly com dant. This latter is a subject of great annoyance to the old residents p/ et on the the island. The report is revived that the Homan Catholic Lord petre is to be created the Earl of Derwentwater.—Tyne Mercury. yesterday mornin g , between t welve and one o clock, a ver y serious accident happened at Wade's Mill-hill, Hertfordshire, by upse tting of a waggon, the property of Messrs. Marsh and Swan, rrie the ntlll Inn, Bishopsgate, in consequence of which one horse was ca rs, ki ll e d, and a woman, a passenger, is so much hurt that she remains in great danga. It apvared that the waggon was on its way to London Cambridge, and was laden with flour, poultry, &c., f or th e L on d on from ni i t h a d proceeded as far as Wade's Mill hill, w hi c h I s one of stee pest on that road, where it is necessary th a t a w h ee l arket. the should be loc:ced. But it is stated that the men were elevated by liquor, and that they forgot the lock. In consequence, during the descent Ow horses became overpowered by the weight of the machine, whe n, before it reached the hollow, the near wheel got on the bank, by w hich the heavy v e hicle was upset on the off side, The screams ofthe pass engers were appalling, but, with the exception of a few brutal s, all but one escaped any serious injury. One unfortunate ~omen alone was dangerously wounded. On examining whether the horses were hurt it was found that one of the shaft horses was killed, and that the other had two of its legs broken. The front of the waggon was clashed in, and the property in it was much damaged. Yesterday Mr. Swan Went down for the purpose of ascertaining the ex t en t of t h e damage. It is a singular circumstance that Messrs. Marsh and Swan are opposition carriers to Messrs. Deacon, who met with a disastrous accident a few days previous, and at a very few miles distance from that which occurred to the waggon of Messrs. Marsh and Swan. Shortly after this accident another waggon was stopped upon reaching the top of the same hill, by the wheel having ignited from the severe friction on the axle. THE CAl'.lOl - S' PEERAGE. Sir W. FoLLErrprooceded to address their Lordships on behalf-of Mr Stunner, one of the claimants to the Peerage, in ans , acr to the arguments of the Aztorney-Cen:.‘ral on be half of the Crown the last day their Lordships sat on this case. The Learned Counsel was proceeding when our re porter left. ROLLS' COURT.-(TIIIS DAY.) POINT OF PRACTICE. KEMP V. WADE.-JUDGMENT. This was a mo:if4l to take the Master's certificate ofrthe file, and to discharge the four-day order which had been issued upon it. The certificate was on the defendants' default in the production of deeds, papers, and writings, in Lis possession. It was objected, ti_at in the proceedings before the Master, the Master bad charged the defendant with the pessession of deeds, &c., not on a statement, admission, or examination of himself, but on evidence, consisting of the answer of another defendant. His LORDSHIP said the objection appeared to him to be founded in fact and to be valid. An objection was then made as to the regularity of the application, and it was argued that exceptions ought to have been taken to the Master's certificate on this point. His Lordship had made inquiry, and the Mas- ters had done him the favour to give him their assistance in a point .that materially affected the practice in their office, and in the certificate he hid received from them there was this passage :—" The mode of proceeding, in cases of a certificate of default in not producing deeds, &c., is for the party apply in.' for the production to obtain the usual four-dav order, and then for the other party to apply to the Court to diachargethat order." That was precisely the mode of proceeding that hnd been adopted in this case ; and therefore he must consider it to be in conformity to the practice. His Lordship observed it gave him great concern to find, in the inquiry he had made, that there was so much uncertainty in the different decisions of. the Court ; and he hoped that some means might be found, by which the practitioners of the Court would have a more cer tain guide. Although he could not give way to it, yet he thought the objection was not made without sufficient reason, and therefore he should order the defendant's costs to be costs in the cause. ATTORNE4•GENERAL V.I.ORD CARRINGTON. This case MIS opened yesterday by Mr. fkI!IIERTON. It came before the Court upon a motion for an injunction to strain the defendants, the trustees of the free school of Hum berstone in Lincolnshire, from removing the Rev. Josiah Gedge, master of the school, and to restrain them from pro ceeding with an action of ejectment to remove him from the school-house. . The reading of the evidence in support of the motion, oc cupied the attention of the Court nearly the whJle of this morning. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Fcr the Week ended Aug. 3, tE:18, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englam! and Wales, pc r Imperial Quarter. Wheat 69s. I I Oats Barley 325. Od. 1 Rye ..... W7s Id.' Pease "53. 2d. mrzitiAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TILE f:IC WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat 6Ss 5d.1 Oats Barley 3ls 11d , Rye DUTIKS ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat I Barley lts. 4d. R I Rye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies of Fish, Flesh, and Vegetables good, and the de mand brisk ; prices much as before ; Fish, Turbot, ss. to 20c. Soles ls. to 2s. 6d. per pair ; Salmon 9d. and 10d. to Is. 6d. per lb. ; Lobsters Is. to 3s. each ; Meat—Beef, 7d. to 8(1' , Mutton 71d. to B}d ; Veal Bd. to 91, Pork lid to 81d., Veal Bd. 9d., Pork 711 d to 81d., Vegetables plcatiful and cheap. In Hay and Clover no variation. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies were to-day to a fair extent, and prices much as yesterday. Turbot, 4s. and ss. to 21s. ; Soles, 9d. to 2s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, ls. to 4s. each, fur large; Salmon, 9d. to Is. 6d. per lb ; Whiting, 23. to Bd. each; Haddock, 4d. to Is. and Is. 2d. each. HAY MARKETS. Supply and demand both good, and prices much as before. Old Meadow Hay, 100 s. to llBs. ; New 60s. to 955. ; Old Clover, 115 s. to 130 s. ; New, 90s. to 105 s. , Straw, 435. to 48s. per load. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum is not securing much business, business, but prices are firm. Proof Leewards, 2s. 9d.., which is rather eas'er. No variation in any other kind of Spirits, and the market fur all quiet. OIL MARKET. The Fish Oil Market is flat, but not loner. Seed Oils are steady, but do vary in price. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. secures very little business, and the price is 475. on the spot, and 46s 3d. to arrive. COLONIAL MARKETS. These great departments of business continue quiet, and prices are very uniform with those of preceding days. The imports are now rather heavy. To-day we have public sales of Sugar, 2,186 baskets and 80 bags Java, which sold steadily at about previous rates, as did a small quantity of Jara Rice. Coffee-550 casks, barrels, and Lags of B. P. sold steady, aid supported the last quata ions, as did also abcut 2,200 bates Ceylon. The Coffee market is particularly firm. J 3. B. Sugar is in more demand to-day, an.l former prices rule the market. We have no other public sales to day, and by private contract but little is passing. Pcpp-r is looking up, and owing to short stocks on the Con tineut is expected to be higher still. Tea quiet, and realizing small profits on sale prices. For to-morrow we have public sales of 1,400 bales of Cotton ; Coffee, 219 bags Ilavari nah, 150 casks B. B. ; Pe or 400 bags black ; Cocoa, 160 bags Grenada ; Ginger, 2,700 bags ; Saltpetre, 2,500 bags; aad Pimentd, 253 bags. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Aua. - 8. There was an unusually large quantity of Cotton parted with this day, fully 10,000 bags having been pailed with ; iOO were taken for exports, and the remainder were bought by the trade at an advance of id. per lb. on last Frida3's quotations. 2 000 Surat and Madra; 4d. to 50. 9 00 13ongal, 4 7 1-d. 1.000 Pernam, • Bad. to 91d. 300 Maranhnm, i 1. to 811 300 Byhia, 81 to 811 300 Egyptian, 91d. to 121. .5,.900 American, 5: 4 1 d. to 151 for Orleans. Total-10,000. -• Her Majesty's Ministers had their a nnual fish din ner at Blackwall yesterday. There were pr,sett Lords MelbLurre, Albemarle, Lansdowne, Morpeth, J. Russell, Wenetg, Plunkett, Foley, Ilehester, P‘dmerston, Howtek, Ile.adfort, Minto, and Belfast, th 2 Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Attorney and Solicitor-Gen:rats, Sir J. C. Flophouse, Colarvl Fox, M.,ssrs. Stanley, Stewart, G. Wood, V. Smith, Poolett Thornton, More O'Ferral, G. Anson, and Labouchere. THE QUEEN DOWAGER SUMMONED FOR .1 ) 001t HATES.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager was summcmil by the rat;_ collectors of the parish of St. Martin to attend yesterday et the West. minster Petty Session, in the Broad San: Nary, Wes*minster, to answer for the non-payment of 10d[, and some shillairs, due to the parish of St. Martin as a quarter's poor rate for to r Majesty's residence, Maribe rough-house. Her Majesty, it appears, was willing to pay the rate de manded as a donation, but she objected to pay it as a rate. This the parish refused to accede to, and the present proceedings wero. instituted. On the op,riing of the Court, Mr. Sergeant Merewethcr, her Majesty's Solicitor-General, was in attendance ; but in consequence of some ar rangement which was entered into between the Learned Sergeant oti the part of her Majesty, and the r:presentatives of the parish (the prec i se nature of. which did not t an,pire) the fi.r: her considerati .n of the case was, by consent, ajourned to Tuesday next, the 14th of August. MAGISTERIAL PATRONAGE.—It appars by a return to the Home of Commons that the Middlesex and Westminster Magistrates have the pwronage of 220 p!ares, the aggregate of the an nual incomes of which is 22,'250/. Ss 2id. A veteran, named Mr. John Lusk, aged 102, died lately at Warren, Tennessee, America. lie fought under General Wolfe on the plains of Abraham, was a soldier in the American army .111,ing the neve and rnlainnrd milit.ry ponbiwit't to hi.) &ail. • _ DRI:N KEN N ESS AND Fun outs Dftl VI NG.— Yesicrilay morning, between twelve and one o'clock, a one.horse fly, driven by a man in a state of intoxication, passed at a most tremend ,us rate along the Edgeware.read, to the great danger of foot passengers. The horse, which was a high.spirited animal, and had several times gal. lopped en to the foot pavement, at length dashed the vehicle against a lamppost, when the driver, by the suddenness of the shock, was preelpi tatel heal foremost to the ground, and his skull was fractured in a dread. ful manner. The fly was much damaged, and was, totether with the horse, conveyed to the green.yard. PHILADELPHIA, JULY 13 —The excessive heat still continues. Indeed, during the whole of July to this day (13th) the thermometer on the shady sides of the streets in this city, has ranged ftom 95 t, 1014 —generally 99 and 100 at 3 p.m. A great many deaths have occurred in the Atlantic cities from the sun-stroke (coup dc and from drihking iced water. A distressing circumstance took place the day be fore yesterday in the Debtors' prison, Rue de Clichy. An Italian gen. tieman, named Roberti, having retired to his room, a moaning noise was soon after heard to issue from it, and on the door being burst open it was found that he had stabbed himself twice with a knife in the heart. Medical assistance was immediately procured, but he expired two hours afterwards in great suffering. This tragic event is attributed to his grief at hzing separated from his wife. Between the 28th of July and the 4th inst. twenty two packets entered Boulogne, with 3,246 passengers, and seventeen wi:h 809 passengers sailed. _ . . Six men, who were at work a few days since in cleaning a canal at Douai, were crushed to death by the falling of an arch under which they were s!anding at the time. - - THE Moons.—Ntuntrons parties are about to start fur tiler shooting quarters in the Highlands, and several sports. men of ton, with their dogs and guns, have already shipped themselves fur the North, as shooting will commerce on the I • The Glasgow Chronicle states, that one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Lanark is the keeper of a toll_ bar, within two miles of Glasgow. Between five and six o'clock yesterday evening a young man, named James Potter, dropped down suddenly in Gower_ street, Bedford square, and instantly expired. The unfortunate man was conveyed to the North London Hospital. An inquiry which occasioned intense excitement at Rowley Regis and its neighbourhood, has occupied the earnest attention of Henry Smith, Esq., for several days in the course of the last tt ree weeks. Samuel Perry, a nailer, living in Garrett's.lane, it was re. ported, had been poisoned by his wife, and the object of the investigation was to ascertain the truth of this horrible charge. The Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Susannah Perry, and the Coroner im nv.diately issued his warrant for her committal to Stafford gaol, to take her trial at the next Assizes. The deceased was about forty.five years of age, and the prisoner is the mother of three children, two boys, and a girl About six years old. TilE THAMES i'-U7l--NEL.- I 1,,,‘" learnt that ---------- Ts(o)ic,7:4l:EletEtcDr (I) Ttreß,, 0f.31 Fu,.t. T. ILE SUN ' the plan of.feirier jay, which I then proposed, Sin,— acted upon, but that the sail used, in consequence o,rde• springs proce,ding, from the sh, re, (probably from levlty pes'ted in the upper stratum at high water,) has bl'en b 1 I.‘ier:- in the middle at hew wat,-r, and, consequently, reruler' less for the intended perpoLe. • , ulnae The . plan I propose as a remedy, is to IllSke a considerate,- ~, rar:i_eror ber of eye-let holes, or slits in the sail, say 60 or 80. or has been number, so as freely to allow the escape of water issuiettf oat. these springs. OVER these holes or slits, which must r .0, 8 teed two inches in length, I p..opose fixing pieces of can% fa or 9 ieelic: square, to be merely fastened at the corner§. it the this way, they would act as valves. They would nefel,ow, water arising from the ground springs to escape witholut.or: the ing ep the sail; and they would at the same time exe.on ,sce water from above. The sail would fora) a sure bar ior b-,05' flander the river and i:s bed. brough Perenit me, Sir, to intrude yet further upon you, and t ebne, the medium of your valuable paper, to lay before th° Pnother and particularly, the contributors to this groat work, to Ilan for completing it. It is by laying bare the tied 0f . liver, and thus giving security to the workmen.' k Witb Let a vessel or coffer, made of three-inch fir plan '.I di. be wr 12 1 eIMS and riders sufficient to give it strength, rectly over the pace excavating. Its length to be 10 °,..1* f.,0 feet more than the width of the Tunnel ; its breadth,frolu.4 t) 30 feet; its height, at least a foot above the higlealll,l-3 mark ; the lower par, for about 18 or 20 inches to be 010%. upright, of thicker and harder plank, and formed like a we! i,_ so as to be more easily forced into the ground. Froma !_,f height, the sides must slope inwerls to half or less the half thedimensions at the bottom. This, (the bottom) to bcillbee open. The top to be entirely re: partially eo .ked overt small moored in its proper place, with a steam-engine o ballast to power placed on its deck, and a sufficient quantity of ,any fix it firmly in the ground, it may be pumped out, ant canoes. leaks of magntude may be stopped either by clay or by After finishing one length of exm,vation, the coffer or vessel' be removing the steam engine and ballast into a liediter, fixed, easily floated and removed into a fresh birth, and therefa &c., &c., as before. A) the As to the plan of FODDERING (for such it may be termeno, bed of the river with clay, as proposed by one of your e rireice pondents, A. Z., I consider it as useless; and for this Pe: s reaSon, that clay thus thrown into the river would not fulfrout solid compact body—a body impervious to water. ‘Yelielee, giving solidity to the ground immediately over the workmen, it would arid to its weigh:, and, is thiselvey, inc as' Oil danger. If this view of the question be a correct on', thus thrown into the river would be worse than useless. ti,ca Before fixing the coffer, it would be advisable to age° aii,. by soundir:g that the bottom of the river contains no cu ifrclu ors er tics; and, by the diving-bell, that it contains no anef the other hard substances that might impede the pressure u coffer into the ground.--I remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant;. .1 ~ * Harrogate, August 6, 1838. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS m'''' A this Dear., A vo. B—Wind N. W , moderSaile‘e 5; morning the whole of the outward* bound, on their voyatr, Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Woolsington, rniuca, rows, from Ceylon; Planter, Field, from JaMilica; D„°ll'„tea; Pearson, from Antigua; Hashmey, Backle, from ua"doert • and the Atwiek, Mackay, from Hobart Town. Came M' the River and proceeded the Cumberland, Tate, for St.,,..iver dews, New Brunswick ; Columbine, Lang, for the l'ini.. Gambia ; Thames, Rutherford, for Trieste; and tbe laus, Bell, for Pugwasle. a the PoaTsmouTir, A LTG.' B—Wind N. N. W fine.--Saile er, Earl of Harcliviek, Sophia, Mahon, and Lord liungs-le. ford, Farquhar, for Bengal; Earl Grey, for Sydney ! for • sannah Ann, Launcesion, for Quebec; General Evat4"brn, water 00 ; Santander ; Kitty, for the South Seas, Diadem, and Lord Brougham, for Quebec; Newton, for Corna and Prince Regent (transport) for the Eastward. a „eh 4 .YMOUTII, JULY 8— Wind N. N. W.-- Sailed. the 'l°w'; Dockets, for Valepia ; Sameen, 13 ck for Messi u eY, Diligent, Oliver, for Rio. I r,ele9; FALI • .10LTII, AUG. 7.—Wind W. to W. S. W., fresh •-) li ,!.?a _Arrived he) Lord Melvillepacket from lialifrx,2a!le pen- !,- ult. ; Andrew, M'Kean, frompPern;mbueo John e;r3lg' - wick, from Girgenti ; Serie, Fromentin, from; F canlP• from C fro— M ARr A . TE, AUG. B.—Arrived off, the Dart, Ormston, Madeira. St. DOVER, Auc. B.—Arrived off, the Johan Maree, frcra Croix. froll OFF THE LIZARD,AUG„ 7.—The Germania, Decker' porta Rio Janeiro ; Riga, from Matanzas; Henrietta, from Rico ; Draper, from Balticeore. froo' STARCROSS, AUG. 7.—Arrived the Oscar, Field, Miramichi. • from JeRSEY, Aeo. 6.—Arrived the Fredereka Emisfa, Konigsberg ; Robert Watt, Vibert, from Rio Janeiro. frees BRISTOL, Atm. B.—Arrived the Baltic, Saveriek, Archangel. . frogS•AANSEA, AUG. 7.—Arrived the Cousins, Gaseurgne, Quebec. h Evora CLYDE, Ave.. 6.—Arrived the Richard Hill, Sidt--, Trieste; Antigua, Fisher, from St. Kitt's. Coax, Aye. 0.-Arrived off, the Ann, Brown, .Savtailite KIKsALE, Auo. H. —Arrived, Clifton, Warman, (P *.' LIMERICK, AUG. 6.—Arrived, the Traveller, Ward, "T" -111 Miramichi. eesen, FrsIiERROW, AUG. B.—Arrive J, , the Bertha, Dune from Stettin. ABERDEEN, AUG. 6 —Arrived, the Patriot, Dinsof 14 6°lll Riga; Ann, Alcxand: r, from ditto. 01101' SUNDERLAND, AUG 7 A ' ' , . . riiveu, the Henry Broue the, front the Baltic; Londonderry,from A Ciff crt' rehangel. P Blenheim, from CI nega. ee STOCKToN A ' A .... . , rG. 7. Arrived, Cropton, Youlden, On asks ')F.I.TRE, AUG. 6 —Arrived, Sr. James, Crawford, Dalt' °,ja PETERHEAD, AUG. 6. —Arrived off, Chieftain, Avocet`f•,.oo Quele ', i.j "Gt-sT B.•—Arrived the Caledonia, Gralfaii,' foal Jane,. Sutton, from Arcliaiwel ; Star, War'', re ditto; c.' Palmer, Warwick,i Lambton, frcm St Petersburgh ; (4-a'erva; Mary '-son, from Riga; Rapid White,lron ' 'in(); Clifton, from Handy r' ' - h ; ieph r Dalton. r° to. Finnis, Storey, from ditto 4 g 4 ,) , ~ ; and Ulysses, Ryley, fc° burl • GOOLE, Ai „us •GusT B.—Arrived the John, from Ham Ids, ti .111E11, AucrusrB.—Arrived the I: Ski"ini' angore, from St. P • etersburgh ; and Providence,from crtto• • rla I ',,,, ire LYNN, Anorsr 8. %. e rrived the Edward, Larl;,"4 St. ur l'et-r,b h- e g , 01 I? _AMsGATE, AUG 8 WO, fr ' —The Jeune Louise. Le ,‘, ,d; toi Sunder lard to blare, * ran ashore on the Goodwin eel`...boarfi morning, but has b,‘en assisted off after throwing ev` tide' part of her cargo, en.l is expected to put into harbour next 044 SWANSEA, AUG. 7._....The T • • for Bri,t° 'i et riton of and , _nrivee spoken with 3d inst. disc. acted • by the Commerce, a this port from Jaeo dol),blip t`',. Cuba.' Iletiptx N. R 1 F, - " '-, —, Jute 21. —The ledustry, from -4- eca• ,aLI: ikldrcws, went on ghore 24th June at Round it"):,,' We 'a •ellw.r.fe ; passerigers and crew e has since saved ; she ..,J eotLoi ft sailed 13th • , and ...Aril', YERPOOL Aro ti.c J - Alei,a), from'port, Jancrin, from New Orleans ; Calcutta, i`iderseir, Te, st Quel'ec ; Glasgow, from rli:to ; Rubicon, A . MO st:c.,e ; Pheenix, Co;dree, ,:, from Licata ; Susan, GaV;r4..bc:l/0 El'Z'oel; , A Uter'bUrgh ; Evert'norp, NV'T from ditto • it is, ball, /teats:al-ell from , 3. ~ ~ ditto ; Adventurer, Cotto, from At si iendr,t, 4 1 ,-e!:-oPi from ditto. slia'e The 1111-'• , • .uaaaska, M'Carthy, from Beelin-st, was °rl to' , ~,,, no on Brian 1.1. 1 .am on the 18d) ult. erew and part of ' ride saved. i ed . 1 lion The Sereph, from P• • ' liehehucto, was wrecked nu 13rief on the ..4:9.ti Juuc—c • •,.. ,1 • Iland Ti e Dever, materia avd. ,_. . , , eatte, L' of Sanderland • - wrecked oil , we, :b:,- te. ihe i ''' th of Junecrew lost' V Oti' ; master and four of the , near 11. e Lou Nae • _ t.O . . . . .ctte, of Bordeaux, was totally 10'1. ' .....- d. i Stiru p..evious to the 7th ult • !er ev caved. elk F- • ect of a letter from Alt*-ialiciria dated IGths !jiver' " llie 1).."1e', '4\l'l)oe/ell, ree,wl) • rrived here fro". pool, is ddivel big her cargo • L. : "' .Idamaged s'atc" in a very • .Y I sC _—__-:_--- _----.-----=_-_-_—_-_--• er blie d ill? ' r O le NEw TIUNNYMEDE.—.At the p ll gt • a le , '', tfe Monday, after the Great Meeting in Birminghatn, M r •_ " - A " t twoo''' o h! Conntv Clare, in Isis sprech proposing the heal!h of Mr; 4 1 11° , ,,,s Prosiilc.st of the I'rien, suggrs'ed that the Pro Ade of Birm t°s o ,,rta 0 , in future call New Ilall.lsill, New ilui:s rmEnn. 'g a g n ' l Doi o ' gr. the Deform t h ill. iii ob'ained from King John at Runnymede, and tai ' ed nix years ago by the Demorstration at Nov last trial _.•teele has been Lug a Slumber of the Union, and V;ok hi s . o,,isi t, for Ireland, not as an is all Agitator, but as a Birmingham ljni I l' IV J . " ti , o r rIIE SPEAKER.—AI r. Bannerman , '1 rcroolny.,4 t,, Aberd.scn, states, in a letter to Use Provost, that Mr. "- - ' e , , roe' Speaker, is expected to visit Aberdeen this autumn. I t ' s 2 • Jig confer upon him the freedom of the city. iItISII CANALS.—" Through the culp able , f :: led . or the Irish ParlianLot ill acceding to the tongw' " p ) e O ril i c t creditable feelings of an individual projector, p not w e ' % w ont , i ' l i '2 o date suarers by his itbdigested scheme l o sers to a Erse 3 , i e rs oi. re s , Vs distressing effs•cts extended themselves to the s hareh ° '; . ire st I ). ot t Grand Canal also, which, having been undcrtaken with th e ' i ( l ,,,,isct iti pa : s e::: o u f n s p u r c o c d e , s , e s t , i N , x . • o a s m r ,e e e n i s i l l e: t e i d o nasl.t7Ft two altogether un r o fi , tab ; e i b l Y: p a l I r e , e a, i v ' ts 'lc, *ch so established. A total ca vital oitn•millions.pvas !net rier at riy 111. •om the Second Railway Comm pe r issioners. riii it HONESTY OF TIIE IRISH. 't The }',lseca---cit:col(lin they il')B'‘..c9:2i Ina' form their c'.ntracts with singular fidelity and care. W e I:rearelY: fa t"ss lesevni(sientheeatotfl:ee; e s r u a s l . n o i r:11: n y i)r l i o n s e s il U a l r l odtel.;lller dealers these in c;tr's Dublin,o t ; 11 'lat ", :i ,: t . t i ' s .' sc r i l 'tilt: C . : l f long experience of their honesty, and the punctuality wi t ' ) de.0101 ,1 dcl;ver the goo,'.s enter:stud to them, the merchants aucl "fi3denee'irf towns are lit the habit of confiding to them with perfect c en t ca rs i' -. ,1' without °iv security, very valuable a:Cele, ' The robbe 7 Y o ; esh 3'e r ' h l tic - salmon. Even in passing through •'• ' nrhed districts, t' l-: /e/ i dom been interrupted or I - " 'st i ---- r/ R e P j ~ irish NAVIGATION Railway Co) m is:do s ; F e m r ° s.: ::";71::: the o e U tz Ili I V Government in so: veying Mr. Grantham, an engineer, who had been for some time el" est" -11' 1 , nit° Il' steam boats on the Shannon : he failed. A Joint.steck C° L OW:: 0. lowed; to these succeeded the Imand Navigation Cosnl )3l ' . . W lll.-I ,: i -- v expandinga .. ,tiasib 0 fv this l ai mkees navigation i it i s important s only t ll e e i, river, , 20, s: , beginning made .i ,h the o.g 1 first , t ii i a s t t e ni o 0, ) , ,Iti i: alr;e management of a most enterprising individua!, Mr. °. e st n" , ' , l ' There are now nine steamers belonging to this Company when we consider the capabilities of this magnificent str e3 " ' - ,:t; fjr rofe a successful to _,, unders toc-_ eo s .0 the application of steam to vessels as a propelling I v ,„.„ bo at C oo' developing these capabilities did not, in fact, exist. I". and iheyetv adapted to the stream was little suited to traverse theL ll ":!,, j 15a 0 „ ,, 0 .$ struction of t, --w.ng•paths along the shores of the latter w°` . ,., ,rin s "c o ., impracticable.- The introduction of steam vessels not ~: i 1 t • 7 0 %, ,,is ~,t, Scow difficulty, arising front the ex • f the stream at i • , re sea l of pansion o • o stsY . .. t iol' , fsilreolinn):::_seere,.:le;, , iw.or l/e or :.,,‘ converts what was previously a formidable obstacle to t„.l)eov, t h e .5, its rse, but, as the Shannon Cosmnissioners have . . 1 , , _ ovill'.. c att' this noble river, into one of its great advantages." 1 Report qf the Irish Railway Commissioners. J